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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the author diagnosed with while living in Connecticut?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Cancer.
(c) A brain tumor.
(d) Diabetes.

2. What does Terry offer to the three girls?
(a) A hairpin.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A ceramic figurine.
(d) A necklace.

3. After the men's attempted escape, what do the women do?
(a) Put a guard in the room with the men.
(b) Light up the gardens at night.
(c) Ban the men from playing games.
(d) Feed the men only once a day.

4. What did Charles Walter Stetson do for a living?
(a) Stetson was a writer.
(b) Stetson was an artist.
(c) Stetson was a professor.
(d) Stetson was a lawyer.

5. Where did the author live with her second husband for twenty-two years?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Maryland.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) New York.

6. What does Ellador indicate to the men through hand gesture?
(a) That the men can share the girls' food.
(b) That the men are welcome.
(c) That the men should leave.
(d) That the men are in danger.

7. Where do the explorers suppose the men of the society live?
(a) Within the villages.
(b) In the valley.
(c) In the mountains.
(d) In the jungle.

8. During their escape, what signal does Terry use to let his friends know he has found a secure footing?
(a) He hoots like an owl.
(b) He tugs on the rope three times.
(c) He lights a match.
(d) He tosses a stone up to his friends.

9. What do the men figure out they will be doing at the tables?
(a) Drawing maps of the outside world.
(b) Playing games.
(c) Writing letters to their families.
(d) Studying the local language.

10. Where did the author go after fleeing from her "rest cure"?
(a) New York.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Nevada.
(d) California.

11. What does Terry suppose the women of an all-female society would be like?
(a) Sweet and gentle.
(b) Untrusting and timid.
(c) Hard-working and serious.
(d) Jealous and competitive.

12. How many women are in the room adjoining where the men woke up?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Three.

13. How many years does Somel say their society has been without men?
(a) Fifteen-hundred.
(b) Two thousand.
(c) Nine-hundred.
(d) Three hundred.

14. What genre of fiction does "Herland" belong to?
(a) Literary fiction.
(b) Historical fiction.
(c) Science fiction.
(d) Utopian fiction.

15. Who is the author of "Herland"?
(a) Ayn Rand.
(b) Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
(c) Barbara Pym.
(d) Margaret Atwood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of one of the author's works?

2. How is the language spoken by the girls described?

3. What does Terry note about the women who meet the men in the center of town?

4. What do Vandyck and his fellow explorers share an interest in?

5. What is the name of Vandyck's tutor?

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